The Stone Chisel Way

by King Genesis

Tabloid's Articles, #2: Gems on Fire

You may wonder where are those gems from. Luxurious gems for us, delicious for the dragons... every creature of these lands may have a different opinion about gems, but I assure you each one of them will agree in only one thing: those gems are really beautiful. Shiny, with bright colours, and of course, visually attractive.

Now, going back to where we were, do you wanna know where are these pretty gems from? They were excavated by workers of Shiny Picks Gem Company, a Manehattan private business owned by a couple you may have heard of: Mr Iron Pick and Mrs Poofy Lantern, parents of the most infamous robber of recent times: Stone Chisel, the Royal Guards' roadrunner that nobody could catch... until now, and this is why Shiny Picks has had always problems with its credibility, due to Stone Chisel literally climbed the mountain only to watch his own parents falling to the ground, but everything fell apart some weeks ago, when somepony said Stone Chisel actually left his parents' home when he was a filly, confirmed by the Manehattan Gazette some days ago, and those words weren't from Iron Pick or Poofy Lantern, but from the family's maid. There is some kind of tension between the son, the papa and the mama which I'd prefer not to interfere with because it seems to be quite bad, so it's good for me to stop talking about this odd relationship.

However, that doesn't mean I can't ask my questions and express my thoughts on this article, which I've got to admit that sometimes those comments of mine can put me in trouble, such as what happened to me today, hours ago, at the Manehattan Train Station. Days before the trial there was the infamous Surigate, which revealed Stone Chisel and his partner Stolen Bag worked undercover for clothing companies in Manehattan. They robbed clothes, gave them to the companies and they resold them with gems on them (REMEMBER THIS), that is to say, more expensive... and the victims never thought about it! I've got to admit some of them are quite foolish, and I'm talking to you, Fancy Pants. "Why would you buy gold with gold?" said Stone Chisel on the trial, and I've got to admit he is right. Colts and ponies, Fancy Pants is an idiot.

Well... nevertheless, there is something confusing right here. Suri Polomare, the one who confessed everything, was sentenced to five years working in community labour and also she has to pay two million bits as a fine due to robbery, concealment and public manipulation. Hoity Toity, an intimate partner of Stolen Bag, was sentenced to ten years in community labour and also he was declared unable to work on clothing companies again... oh, and don't forget about those three million he has to pay... ouchie. Others, such as Prim Hemline, were just sentenced to pay a million and that's it, but then... there is one case, one hole I don't understand. Iron Pick and Poofy Lantern were not even named in this case, but surprisingly, almost all of the stolen clothes which have been verified by the local police and the royal guards... had gems on them. What is this? Coincidences? An illusion? It's me and my elder years? Or can it be... an illegal collaboration between these companies, Shiny Picks and Stone and Stolen to scam on ponies?

Shiny Picks' momentum is on a meltdown because of his son's trial, and I'm afraid my unconfirmed theory, my thoughts, instead of breaking it in pieces, may turn some gems on fire inside the company. I don't mean this as revenge for what you told me on the Station, Mr Iron Pick and Mrs Poofy Lantern (if you are reading this, which I don't think you are going to do... I think...), but I'm sharing it to the world because that's what journalists do, huh? If somebody tells me to write an article with my opinion, I won't write an essay about the Pillars of Equestria. I'll do what I say and what the people say, sir. I give my opinion to the world and they listen because that's who I am.

My name is Tabloid, and I'm a veteran journalist of the Manehattan Gazette, and this is the article I wrote with my opinion about the Surigate, Stone Chisel's trial and Shiny Picks.

I let the bomb explode, colts and ponies.